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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ KINSEY FIFE AND JAMES N. PICKENPAUGII, OFMORGANTOWN, WV. VA.

CAR-STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 287,268, dated October23, 1883.

Application leavMay 19, is-sa. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, KINsEY FIEE and J N. PIcKENPAUGH, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Morgantown, in the county of Monongalia andState of West Virginia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Car-Stoves; and we do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure l of the drawings isavertical section. Fig. 2 is a front view,and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

This invention has relation to safety-stoves for railway-cars andsteamboats; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofdevices, as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in theclaims appended.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the stove-wall,which may have any suitable form.

B indicates a top plate, and C a bottom plate, and said top plate andbottom plate are extended on each side several inches beyond the sidewalls of the stove, and are connected byv means of guard-bars D, whichextend from the marginal portion of the top plate to the marginalportion of the bottom plate. In this manner the stove-wall is inclosedat its sides and back by the guard-bars D, and is partially protected infront thereby. The object of the guard-bars is, in case of accident, tokeep the hot body of the stove from actual contact with any person, andto prevent it from setting fire to wood or other combustible articles.The grate E of the stove is firmly and securely fastened in position inthe interior thereof, so that it will hold its position if the stoveshould be thrown down or overturned. Below the grate is the ash-pan F,which is provided with a locking-latch, g, having a key-seat, h, on itspivotal portion, which projects to receive the key k. The same key isusually designed to it the key-seat Z of the door-lock m, which isprovided with four bolts, n, reciprocating radially in their operation.This lock is situated between the walls w and w of the door F', saidwalls forming a chamber, beyond which the edges of the outer wallextend, as indicated at o. The bolts n work through openings r in thelock-chamber, and when the door is closed its outer wall engages themargin. of the dooropening exteriorly, and the lock having beenoperated, the bolts n are thrown out to engage said margin on the insideon all four sides of the door. In this manner it is securely locked tothe opening, and is held thereto independently of the hinges.

G represents the tapering thimble, which is secured to the top of thestove, and is designed to receive the stove-pipe. Below this thimble isarranged a metallic basket or rest, II, in which is'vplaced a ball, K,which is designed to operate as a valve or stop in the thimble when thestove is thrown down or overturned. To the arms ofthe basket arepi'voted proparms z, which, when the ball has moved into the narrow endof the thimble, fall into position against it in such a manner as toprevent it from again descending out of the thimble. The ball isdesigned effectually to prevent the escape of hot coals or fire from thestovethrough the pipe-thimble when the stove is overturned. When thedoor and ash-pan are locked, the iire inside of the stove cannot escape,even if an accident should occur, through either the doorway ortheopening for the ash-pan.

Having described this invention, what we claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The combination, with the valve-ball and the tapering thimble connectedto the stovetop, ofthe basket or rest for the ball below the thimble,and the pivoted prop-arms adapted to engage the valve-ball when in thethimble and prevent it from escaping therefrom, substantially asspecified.-

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

KINsEY EIEE. JAMEs N. PIGKENPAUGH.

Witnesses: f

HENRY B. LAZIER, S. G. CHADwIcK.

